Arson

At least five tips helped authorities identify the man accused of setting a CVS drugstore on fire during the April riot, newly released court documents reveal, and another tip led to his apprehension in South Baltimore. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives released surveillance photos of the suspect on May 21 and offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. The fire caused $1.3 million in damage. In court documents posted Monday, officials say they received a call to the hot line the next day that identified the suspect as Raymon Carter and pointed agents to his phone number and Facebook page. Five days later, investigators interviewed...

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At least five tips helped authorities identify the man accused of setting a CVS drugstore on fire during the April riot, newly released court documents reveal,and another tip led to his apprehension in South Baltimore.The Bureau of Alcohol,...

Fire investigators say they have arrested a man in connection with a series of fires set in trash dumpsters outside businesses in the Edgewood area and at two apartment complexes in Joppa.Alan Curtis Stuart, 51, who in court records has an address in...

More than two months after Baltimore erupted in rioting, teams of police and federal investigators are still combing evidence in a hunt for those responsible for the destruction and looting.
The Baltimore Police Department has formed a task force to...

Raymon Carter, who police say set fire to a West Baltimore CVS store during the riots following Freddie Gray's death, was arrested Wednesday and faces up to 20 years in prison, according to police.Carter, 24, is charged with federal arson violations,...

The three people arrested in connection with the death of 16-year-old Arnesha Bowers have been indicted on murder, rape, arson and gang charges, Baltimore prosecutors said Tuesday.
The body of Bowers, an 11th grader at Baltimore City College high school,...

In the week following the murderous rampage in which nine black parishioners were shot and killed at a church in Charleston, S.C., a series of mysterious fires at African-American churches across the South has revived the specter of racist violence...

The Office of the State Fire Marshal is investigating a fire that was intentionally set Sunday afternoon in an abandoned mobile home off Route 7 in Abingdon.
The fire caused $200 worth of damage to the trailer, but 35 firefighters from the Abingdon,...

Howard County police have charged a local teen with setting fire to equipment at the Huntington Park playground in the 9600 block of Clocktower Lane in Columbia in the evening on May 26.
David Joe McKinney, 18, of Jessup, was charged with two counts of...

Deputy state fire marshals have charged a 14 year-old boy with arson after a fire in a house trailer March 18 in the 1600 block of Perryman Road in Perryman.The 5:01 p.m. fire involved a house trailer that was in transition to being used for a full-time...

A 22-year-old Baltimore man being sought by police in a murder case and setting fire to the home of his alleged victim's relatives was taken into custody without incident in Brooklyn late Friday.
Charles Henson, dubbed "Public Enemy No. 1" by...

A juvenile has been charged with arson in connection with a fire that damaged two classrooms at Riverview Elementary School on Saturday, according to Baltimore County Fire Department spokesman Lt. Paul Massarelli.
At 12:15 p.m. firefighters received a...

This roundup of crime briefs from around the area isn’t meant to be a comprehensive compilation of Maryland crime news, but a snapshot of some of the newsworthy incidents from across our region.
Here’s a look at some of the crime that’s happened recently...

Baltimore County police said Tuesday they have arrested a man accused of intentionally setting fire to a vacant house on the grounds of Fort Howard in December.
James William Folk, 38, faces charges of second-degree arson and second-degree burglary....

Howard County police said Timothy Mark Fuller, the man they claim shot his sister-in-law before officials found her body inside a burning trailer in Elkridge Saturday, was arrested Sunday morning in Florida.Fuller, of Elkridge, was arrested by an...

A 20-year-old Glenelg man was sentenced to two days in jail and 200 hours of community service Thursday after pleading guilty to setting fire to Howard County police speed camera equipment.
Connor Lynn Eash, of the 13000 block of Bold Venture Drive,...

Firefighters from Harford and York counties battled a house fire in Forest Hill Wednesday afternoon that resulted in heavy damage to the dwelling, according to Harford County fire officials.
The owner of the home was later arrested and charged with...

A Forest Hill man is charged with attempted murder and arson after he told investigators he set his house on fire early Christmas morning, the Office of the State Fire Marshal reported.A firefighter was injured in the incident, according to the Fire...

Bail was set at $150,00 Thursday for a 55-year-old Havre de Grace woman who was charged earlier this week with allegedly setting fire to her Havre de Grace apartment on Dec. 1.
Deputy state fire marshals arrested Kathy Lynn Ingram on Tuesday, after she...

A 33-year-old woman is charged with arson after city police said she tried to burn down an East Baltimore convenience store with Molotov cocktail Wednesday night.
Aisha Tankia Warsaw, of the unit block of N. Port St., was arrested Thursday after...

A 58-year-old man was arrested and charged with attempted arson after entering the basement of the World Trade Center in the Inner Harbor Saturday night.William L. McGraw, who has no fixed address, faces 115 years' imprisonment and $595,000 in fines,...